Light Rail Coyote

Let's meet in the city where The rivers cross, bridges there Let's go float down into the stream Of rich and poor pioneers A kid from a western town Wants to be seen, and go out Let's borrow my parents car Let's stay out all night up there And Burnside will be our street Where the kids and the hookers meet Diners and strip club junk Bookstores and punk rock clubs I'm as green as this blade In the grass that bends In the wind that blows On the long weekends Where I cross the bridge To the water fountains And drink in the hope That the city brings (Water, building and sin Big Oregon city draws you in A promise fulfilled or not Just hang on until the summer, it's hot) We'll make our home water-tight Work all day, play all night And hope we're not washed away By deceit or tragedy And Joan of Arc rules northeast Where the poor and the hipsters meet The grid that divides us all The river makes final call Out at the edge of town Where airfield runs water down Coyote crosses old tracks And hops on the Light-Rail Max And if you wanna be a friend of mine Cross the river to the east side Find me on the eve of suicide Tell me the city is no place to hide Take me out into a sunny day Through the grotto or the promenade You came to me in the nick of time Thankful for the things I left behind Oh dirty river, come let me in --- Light Rail Coyote - Sleater-Kinney